News that a number of trade associations asked the California attorney general to postpone enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) until Jan. 2, 2021, can’t help but make one wonder just how much data privacy laws as a whole are being adhered to right now. Companies in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, after all, are slightly more focused on how to generate revenue as all of their employees head home to work remotely.
Those organizations deemed “essential” likely are scrambling to keep up as members of their workforce fall sick. Employer interest—and that of the general public—in the health of workers as well as their movements prior to any COVID-19 diagnosis would seem to place compliance with data privacy laws on a back burner.
